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Can you be 3 months pregnant but still short periods?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

No: You can have spotting (1 in 3 women do) in the first 3 or 4 months of pregnancy. But even if you are spotting or bleeding, it is not a menstrual period. You must ovulate to have a period, and you do not ovulate after you conceive.

Answered 3/18/2012

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